An imposing olive tree on Corfu, known as "Evdokia" is among the oldest trees in Greece, estimated to be between 1,086 and 1,200 years old.
A recent study by German scientists from the Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden) determined...
Olive oil production has played an important role in Greece's history and culture. During classical times in Athens, the olive tree, whose branches were used in ancient rituals, was considered a gift from the wise and brave goddess Athena,...
As global prices of olive oil continue to soar to exceptionally high levels, communities in Greece are improvising, using city olive trees to support the most vulnerable in meeting their families' olive oil needs.
Greek communities have found a way...
More than 130,000 olive saplings have been donated to farmers in the area surrounding Ancient Olympia in the northwest Peloponnese, replacing some of the hundreds of thousands that burned in last summer's devastating wildfires. An official ceremony in the...
The summer home designed by architect Eva Sopeoglou won the prize in the "Best first new architect" category in the annual awards of the international architectural review "Structures".
According to an Athens Voice report, the house design gives residents...
The oldest olive tree at Vouves, a village 30km west of Chania, is 2,000 years old. Its branches were used during the Athens Olympic Games 2004 and during the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
An astro-photographer from Chania, Christos Kotsaftis, photographed...
In an indirect shot at the major opposition Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIA), PASOK leader and Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos said Greece's political parties should not try to block the appointment of a President next year to...
